Former TNA Wrestling President Scott has revealed that he made provides for 2 high stars when he was accountable for the promotion, one who joined AEW and the opposite made his method to AEW.
Throughout a current episode of Chris Jericho’s “Discuss is Jericho” podcast, D’Amore said that regardless of not having the income of WWE or AEW, he made provides to 2 enormous names in professional wrestling, on the finish of 2023.
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“It is documented, we made a proposal to [CM] Punk, we made a proposal to Will Ospreay,” D’Amore stated. “There’s your finances, after which there’s finances busters that there is income connected to this. Like, here is your finances that you simply’re working with, your income envelope, after which on a senior degree on the very high you go, ‘Okay, if we make this transfer, all this income mannequin modifications.'”
Jericho revealed that he was additionally in talks with D’Amore about probably working with Influence Wrestling for a quick time in 2018 earlier than AEW was based. He would have ended up working with Penta El Zero Miedo, however Jericho finally selected AEW. Nevertheless, D’Amore admitted that as good as it might have been to work with Jericho, he made the suitable determination long-term.
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D’Amore’s departure from TNA in February 2024 got here as a shock to many, together with these on the TNA roster because it got here quickly after the corporate’s rebranding from Influence Wrestling. The main points have since assorted about why D’Amore was let go, however cash appeared to play an element as he wished to inject extra funds into the corporate. D’Amore is now able to embark on a brand new journey with Maple Leaf Wrestling, with their first set of “Cast in Excellence” occasions happening on October 19 and 20 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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